>
> posting this again, apparently the experts missed this:
>
> sometimes the json that comes back (e.g. an empty list)
> leads to a data error in the table.
>
> the problem is this "data error" message screws up the table

width. so

> the table is reduced to the width of "data error" message string

and

> its ugly like hell.
>
> is there a way to customize the "Data Error" message and maintain

the

> width of the table when an error happens??
>
> I tried changing the failureHandler of the callback but looks like